Firm Commitment: Why the Corporation Is Failing Us and How to Restore Trust in It

by Colin Mayer

Book Overview

The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the wealth that we possess. But the corporation is also the cause of immense problems and suffering, a source of poverty and pollution, and its failures are increasing. How is the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199669937
• ISBN13: 9780199669936
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.5"